Vietnam Notary Fee & Property Transfer Cost Calculator

Official notary fees (TT 257/2016) by contract type and value, plus the cost of a property transfer: 2% income tax, 0.5% registration fee, local fees.

Result

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Computes the official notarisation fee (phí công chứng) of Thông tư 257/2016/TT-BTC as amended by TT 111/2017/TT-BTC: the tiered scale on the contract value for transfers, sales, gifts, mortgages, loans, estate divisions and commercial contracts (capped at 70 million đ), the lease scale on the total rent (capped at 8 million đ), auction sales, and the fixed fees for wills, powers of attorney, amendments and cancellations. When the agreed price is below the state price, the state price is used, as the circular requires. Extra copies, notarised translations, certified copies and signature certifications can be added.

For a transfer, sale or gift of a house or land the response also lists the full transfer cost: personal income tax of 2% of the price (Luật Thuế TNCN 109/2025/QH15), registration fee of 0.5% on the contract price or the provincial land-price table if higher (NĐ 10/2022/NĐ-CP), exemptions between close relatives, the 10% registration-fee reduction for VNeID online declarations until 28/2/2027 (TT 117/2026/TT-BTC) and a slot for the provincial certificate and appraisal fees. Each line shows who pays by default.

Only official fees are computed: notary offices may add a service charge (thù lao) within the provincial ceiling. Every response names the legal basis and the review date.

Use this in your code

curl "https://apibox.io.vn/v1/vn-notary-fee?type=transfer&value=3000000000&state_value=3500000000" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

const res = await fetch('https://apibox.io.vn/v1/vn-notary-fee?type=transfer&value=3000000000&state_value=3500000000', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
  },
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://apibox.io.vn/v1/vn-notary-fee?type=transfer&value=3000000000&state_value=3500000000",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
    timeout=30,
)
print(res.json())

<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://apibox.io.vn/v1/vn-notary-fee?type=transfer&value=3000000000&state_value=3500000000');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'],
]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
print_r(json_decode($response, true));

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FAQ

Is the notary fee the same at every office?

Yes, the official fee is national and includes VAT at private offices. Offices may add a service charge (thù lao công chứng) and travel costs, which are not included.

Which value is used for a land transfer?

The contract value, unless it is lower than the state price (bảng giá đất); then the state price is used. Pass it as state_value.

Who pays the 2% income tax?

The seller by law, unless the contract says otherwise. Transfers between spouses, parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren and siblings are exempt from both the tax and the registration fee.